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HYDERABAD: Artists highlighted issues of gender violence due to early marriage and its impact on girls’ lives through plays at the concluding session of a three-day workshop here on Wednesday. The workshop was organised by the Sindh Community Foundation (SCF), ...

By: Fazal Khaliq MATTA: Four members of a jirga were arrested by Chuprial police on Saturday for attempting to force a 15-year-old girl to marry under the archaic Swara custom. The girl, a resident of Rodingar in Matta tehsil, was ...

It is heartening to see that the Punjab Assembly is taking some steps in the right direction to curb the menace of child marriage. According to the law of the land, no female under 16 and no male under 18 ...

LARKANA: Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Provincial policy dialogue on early marriages and domestic violence’ called for establishing committees at district level to ensure implementation of laws protecting women’s rights and curbing underage marriages. They were of the concerted view ...